benight

Verb

Meaning

To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.

To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.

Source: Webster's dictionary

bedim cover block blind obscure mantle eclipse conceal cloak veil dim darken benighted adumbrate camouflage

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describe explain teach demonstrate translate expose

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overcome wrap overwhelm enclose overtake overpower

The benighted peoples of this area Source: Internet